Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-31
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
a Warrant for Col0roW on the Charge
OF Murder Sent 20 Sheriff Kendall
for Execution
The Indians Have Returned to this Ouray
Agency, But the Cowboys Hold Their
Horses, Sheep and Goats.
MOTHER WARRANT FOR co1oBow.

GLENWoOD SPRINGS COL Aug. 00.-
f. II. SwIndeIler has sworn out war
rant for Colcrow on the charge of muir
der. The warrant will 60 forward to
Sheriff Kendall By courier tonight. The
first one was for resisting officers. This
being for felony II will make 1t difficult
for the authorities, Federal or state, to
settle matters without the surrender OF
Colorow.
THE PRESIDENTS ORDER.
WASHINGTON, Aug. so The following
telegram from General Terry, dated Chi
csgo, August %, was received at the
War Department to-day: "Referring to
Major R4ndletl's telegram ofa27tb, for
wsrded by me this morning, suggest
under sections 2l+7, 2l49 and 2l50 Re-
vised Statutts, that Indian Agent Byrne
should be instructed to remove from his I
reservation sll persons who may intrude
upon it, and that the military commanded |
ST Fort Duchesne be instructed to give
him all the assistance he may require. 1t
is hardly 20 be supposed that the civilian
and military officers of Colorado will for
get that state writs don't run beyond |
the boundary OF the state, but in the eX-
citement OF the situation this may be |
overlooked, and Msjor Randlette does |
not seem at all sure the pursuit OF
the Iadians will continue. / think as q |
precauticn the orders | suggest should |
be given"
General McFeely, acting Secretary of
War, submitted his telegram to the Pres |
| ident st a cabinet meeting to-day, and
the situation was considered, resulting in
! kilograms being sent this afternoon by
| the President, through the Interior De-
partment, to Governor Adams OF Colo
RADIO, to corfine the actions of the civil
ians strictly within the limits OF the
state, so as to prevent the sherlf's posse
or militia from crossing the reservation
! border. Should such precipitate action
be taken, it is feared that disastrous
outbreak OF reservation Indians would
follow, and everything possible will be
done to avoid such result.
LATER DISPATCH
received this afternoon from General
Terry read as follows:
CmC>GO, Ill, Aug. 50, 1887.
TO Adjutant- General United States Army,
! Washington:
The following has just been received,
daaed Fort Duchesne, Utah, August 90:
To Assistant AGjutant General, Department of
Platte, Omaha, Neb:
Colorow and all his followers are row
at TIE Ouray agency, fifty miles from
Colorado, and manifest q disposition to
remain there. There is no more excite
ment among the Indians. The
militia and cowboys had hun
dreds Of horses and thousands Of
sheep and goats belonging to Colorow
and Chipita, OUay's widow. This stock
was grazing on the land claimed by the
Indians as belonging to this reservation
and where they have been permitted by
their agent to live for years. Colorado
settlers have claimed locations there and
have succeeded in driving the Indians in.
ColoroW has rot IN this trouble been on
the war path and has made his way to the
reservation avoiding hostilities as far as
possible.
Signed. RANDLETTE,
Commanding Post Ray, A. a. G..
To Alfred Ii. Terry, Major-General Com
handing.
| OFFICIAL CoRRESP ONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The following
official correspondence on the Indian
trouble in Colorado has taken place:
, OURAY AGENCY, L. T,
VIA PRICE, Aug 30, 1887. !
2 To Atkins, Indian Commissioner, Washington
Colorow ard his followers are now at
the agency. They say that they are not
mad and do not want to fight. They eX-
press willingness TO remain on the res
ervation. Major Leslie, who fred on
them on the border Of the reservation,
took possession of about 500 head
: of Indian horses that were grazing on pub
g lie lands near the line. The horses were
q corraled at Rangely, Colo, by Major
+ Leslie who informed Lieutenant Burnett
9 that he would hold them until certain In
disns were delivered to him. The COW
q boys are breaking these horses for their
\ own use. Unless something is quickly
= done these horses will not be recovered.
! l therefore request that you obtain an au-
= thority from the War De-
. partment to allow Colonel Randlett
y to send detachment to bring these to
the reservation, as it would be dangerous
- Tor the Indians to go, as well as the
n agency employees, as they would be
. roughly handled, being known to be il
II sympathy with the Indians. These In
dams were pursued by Sheriff Kendall
, and were compelled to abandon 200(
- sheep, beside large herd of goats, which
- should also be recovered, with the horses
The Indians when attacked in Colorado
. were on peaceful hunt, and they be-
% !ieved they had right under the treaty
1874, as understood by them and The
y commission, to hunt upon those lands il
- Colorado. Please send authority by tele
= graph. Signed
n BYRNEs, Indian Agent.
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON. Aug. go
To Byrnes, Agent Ouray Agency:
You will, pursuant to statute, remov,
from your reservation all persons foun(
l. there contrary to law and prevent unlaw
= ful encroachments o. entries thereon TO
% any purpose. The military Will be a
- once ordered to Cooperate with you anC
~ aid you in enforcing these instructions
:. The civil authorities of Colorado an(
- those acting with them mus
- proceed in the manner provided
70 70 by law for the enforcement O
~ any process issued by state authority. anC
~ the government will assist them if emer
~ gency arises in orderly and lawful effort:
to enforce such process. You will alsC
collect and restore to the Indians on tn.
reservation all property abandoned by tn,
them. Governor Adams has been re
u, quested to direct the delivery to you O
* the horses captured from the Indian:
I'd and now had by order of Msior Leslie.
o. Signed B. d. G. ATKINS,
DO Commissioner.
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